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Syreeta Wright

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Syreeta Wright is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Valerie Simpson, Billy Preston, Ashford & Simpson, Stevie Wonder and The Supremes. Those roots explain a lot about how Syreeta Wright arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Rufus, Diana Ross, The Spinners and The Supremes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Donald Byrd, Diamonds & Rust, Carl Anderson, Deniece Williams and Diana Ross, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Syreeta Wright, reaching back through Valerie Simpson and forward to Donald Byrd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Syreeta Wright, known as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs in collaboration with her ex-husband Stevie Wonder and musical artist Billy Preston.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Syreeta WrightValerie SimpsonBilly PrestonAshford & SimpsonStevie WonderThe SupremesMartha and the Vande…Minnie RipertonLeon WareDonald ByrdDiamonds & RustCarl AndersonDeniece WilliamsDiana RossThe SpinnersEric ClaptonJerry ButlerJr. Walker & The All…RufusDiana RossThe SpinnersThe SupremesMarvin GayeMartha Reeves & The …The Four Tops

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Syreeta Wright grew out of Valerie Simpson, Billy Preston, Ashford & Simpson and Stevie Wonder, shares an orbit with Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Rufus, Diana Ross and The Spinners, went on to shape Donald Byrd, Diamonds & Rust, Carl Anderson and Deniece Williams. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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